Apparatus for pressing trousers



C. A. NORDEN.

APPARATUS FOR PRESSING TROUSERS.

APPLICATION FLED MAR. 2 7 1919.

Pateted Mar. 30, 1920.

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APPARATUS FOR PRESSlNG TROUSERS.

APPLICATION FILED MAB. 27. 1919.

1,335,013. Patented Mar. 30,1920.

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- MMU STATES PATENT OFFICE CARL ALBERT NOEDEN, GF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Application filed. March 27, 1919.

To all whom it may conccam:

Be it known that I, CARL' ALBERT NORDEN, a citizen oi? the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful lmprovenents in Apparatus 'for Pressing Trousers, of which the following is a speeieation. i

My invention relates to an improvement in apparatus for pressing trousers, and has for' its object the provision of such a deviee which is simple in Construction and easy to operate.

A further object is the provision of a trouser-pressing apparetus which is adapted to be 'folded upon itself, and which will serve to press the trousers without the application of heat.

Other objects will appear hereinai'ter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parte hereinaiter described and claimed. 4

The invention will be best understood by relterence to the accompanying drawings iorming a part of this speciication, and in which,

Figure l, represents a perspective View of the device in operation, partly in section,

Figs. 2 and` 3, represent fibrous elements used in the device,

Fig. 1-, a section taken on line 4-4: of Fig. l,

*Fig 5, shows the devce in its folded condition, and

Fig. 6, represents a fragment-al section-al View on lines 6-6 of Fig. 5.

The device, which is made preferably of wood, consists of tapering sections 7 of increasing proportions, having spacing elements 8 interposed between their adjacent ends, to the lateral sides of which the adjacent-` ends oi' elements 7 are hinged by a suitable flexible element 9, such as leather or eanvas. Hinged on the opposite lateral edges of members 7, by a suitable fieXible element 11, such as leather or canvas, are elements 10 which form leaves on said members 7, said elements 10 being adapted to told upon one face of the members 7. Secured to one of the leaves in each section is a latch 12 pivoted at one end and having at its opposite end an arcuate slot 13. Project- Specification of Letters Patents.

APPABATUS FOR PRESSING TROUSERS.

Patented Mar. 30, 1920.

Serial No. 2821550.

ing `from the coperating leaf in the same section is a stud ll, which is adapted to eooperate with the arcuate slot 13 in the latch 12, thereby securely binding the leaves 10 in closed position upon the element 7. The slot 13 is made arcuate in form, for the reason that the outer end of the slot will engage the element l l, and upon pressing the latch down the members lO will be drawn closer to each other.

Secured on. the faces of elements 10, transversely and adjacent the ends thereol, are reiniorcing elements 15 which serve to prevent warping or flexing of the elements 10 while in operative position. As clearly shown in Fig. 1, the terminal leaves 10, or those at the lower end of the device, are cut shorter than the coperating section 7. Secured adjacent the lower edge of said terminal leaves 10 is a reinforcng member 16 which projects beyond the lower end of said leaves. The purpose of se constructing the terminal or lower leaves of the device is to allow greater space between said leaves 10 and the eoperating section, at the lower end thereot. By so constructing the deviee, the space which is filled by the cufi? of the trousers is made greater than the remaining space which is filled by the rest of the trousers to be pressed.

In operation, the leaves 10 are opened fiat, leaving the elements 7 exposed and tree to receive, on their inner surfaces, the object to be pressed. A fibrous element 17, constructed in one piece, is then laid upon the elements 7 so as to cover the same. One of the legs of the trousers to be pressed is then la'd upon the fibrous element 17, with the enit" of the trousers at the lower or smaller end of the device. The leg of the trousers is then brushed out smooth, so as 'to be in proper condition for pressing. A second fibrous element 17 is then laid upon this trouser leg, and the second leg of the trousers is positioned over this second fibrous element and smoothed out, ready for pressing, similar to the first leg. A third fibrous element 17 is then positioned over the second leg and the leaves 10 are folded upon the trousers and securely fastened by means of the lateh 12 coperating with the stud 14 The leaves 10 are so hinged to the elements 7 so as to leave, when said leaves u are folded upon said elements 7, very.little space between these elements. Consequently, when a pair of trousers is inserted between the leaves 10 and the elements 7, as already described, the leaves 10 cooperating with the elements 7 will act as a clamp and serve to press downtightly upon the 'trousers disposed between these elements.

Byleaving the trousers so disposed and so clamped between these elements for a short time Will result in having the trousers neatly pressed and well creased, as will be readily u-nderstood. The purpose of the elements 17 is to prevent the fabric from coming into contactwith the wood, and thereby prevent the device from impressing upon the trousers to be pressed the grain or inequalities of the wod. The device is constructed in sections hinged together, as already described, for the purpose of allowing the same to, be (folded, the terminal members 10 folding upon the central member 10. In folding the device, the spacing elements 8 r corresponding ends of the coperating elements 7. This distance which the ends of theleaves 10 project beyond the corresponding ends of the coperating elements 7 is equal toone-half 'the width of the spacing elements 8, so that upon being straightened out the devicewill present a continuous surface on both sides, the projecting ends of the adjacent leaves 10 engaging with each other at the central longtudinal line of the element 8. Provided' at the lower end of the-device, in the terminal member 17, is an opening or hole 18 by which the adapted to be hung up.

With a, device such as I have described it device is 1 is possible, without the application of any heat, to neatly and efliciently press a pair of trousers'in a very short time. By this device there is also provided a means for hanging up a pair of trousers and retaining the same in: a well pressed condition, so that upon the owners wishing to use the trousers which have been -hung away he will find them in a i well pressed' condition, free from wrinkles.

Another feature of the device is that it provides a means for folding a pair of trousers, and at the same time retaining the trousers in a' perfectly pressed condition. Thisdevice isespecially useful to one traveling, as thet'rousers may be positioned within the device as above described, and the device may be folded and placed within a suit-case or hand bag. In this respect the utility of such a device is readily apparent.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is z 1. A trouser pressing apparatus adapted to be folded upon itself, comprising a plurality of sections; and spacing means interposed between the adjacent ends of said sections, substantially as described.

A trouser pressino apparatus adapted to be folded upon itself, comprising a plurality of sections; spacing means interposcd between the adjacent ends of said sections; and leaves hinged opposite each other to the lateral edges of said sections and ada ated to be folded upon said sections, substantially as described.

3. A trouser pressing apparatus adapted to be folded upon itself, comprising a plurality of sections; and leaves hinged opposite each other to the lateral edges of said sections and adapted to open outwardly from said sections, substantially as described.

4:. A trouser pressing apparatus comprising a plurality of sections; and a spacing element between the adjacent ends of said sections, substantially as described.

5. A trouser pressing apparatus comprising a plurality of sections; leaves hinged opposite each other to the lateral edgcs of said sections and adapted to close upon thei r respective sections; and reinforcing members arranged transversely of and adjacent the ends of said leaves, substantially as described.

6. A trouser pressing apparatus comprising a plurality of sections; leaves hinged opposite each other to the lateral edges of said sections and adapted to close upon their respective sections; and reinforcing members arranged transversely of and adjacent the ends of said leaves, the ends of said leaves projecting beyond the corresponding ends of the sections to which hinged, substantially as described.

7. A trouser pressing apparatus comprising a plurality of sections; spacing members interposed between the adjacent ends of said sections; and means for connecting said sections to said spacing members, substantially as described.

8. A trouser pressing apparatus comprising a plurality of sections; spacing members interposed between the adj acent ends of said sections; and fiexible means for connecting said sections to said spacing members, substantially as described.

9. A trouser pressing apparatus comprising a plurality of sections; leaves hinged, opposite to each other, to the lateral edges of said sections and adapted to close upon said Sections, the leaves Secured to one termnal section being arranged to Permit said section to project beyond the terminal end of said leaf; and renfo'cng members secu'ed to and projectng beyond the said end of said terminal leaf, substantally as descrbed.

In testimony Whereof I have signed my name to this specificaton in the presence of two subscrbng witnesses.

CARL ALBERT NORDEN.

W tnessc:

J OSHUA 'R H. POTTS, HELEN F. LILLIS. 

